The Baynard family - Lackham Countryside Centre

The Baynards of Lackham
Penington; John Stanley, the bastard; Sir Walter
Stonner; Sir Vyvyan Markynfeld; Sir Rauf Bowes;
and, Sir Bryan Stapleton." 307
A more local connection is found with this marriage - Ursula's
mother, Olive 308 , was the daughter and co-heir of Sir Henry
Sharrington of Lacock, brother of Sir William Sharrington who
bought the Abbey. Although her husband Robert Stapleton was
from Yorkshire Olive lived at Lacock. She was first married to
John Talbot. Aubrey tells how
Olive... leaped, at night, downe from the battlements of
the Abbey Church to Talbot, her lover, who caught her in
his arms, but she struck him dead, and [he] was with
great difficulty brought to life 309
However tenuous the family relationship the Baynard and
Sharrington families obviously knew each other. They held land
that bordered each other, and there had been business dealings in
the previous generation; it is recorded that William Sharrington
had given Edward Baynard “pastures called Dene Hill, Pennesdowne,
the Pyke and Oukehorne …. In exchange for other lands within the
Parish” 310
In 1594 it is likely that Lacock and Lackham used the same Butts,
they were situated “at Normead, near Lackham on the field path
307 Shaw, WA (1906) Knights of England, Volume II quoted at
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308 Kite, E (1899) Wilts Notes and Queries vol 3:LPR Bap 11 Born May 18 1586
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Aubrey, J ed Jackson JEJ, (1862) Wiltshire Topographical Collections
WANHS
Jackson, in his gloss on the story, wonders whether “village tradition may have
transferred to one lady the alleged exploit of another, viz. one of the Nuns
of the Convent who is said , according to a second variety of the tale, to have
escaped through a window. That a young lady was abducted is certain"
310 Kite, E (1899) Wilts Notes and Queries vol 3
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